The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-01-19

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coC'oh, ~
insurance Z DIS. cotton, ~
Commission 2 bis cotton, 200
Tos,.. ,,o;ob4c y ],Ie ootton 7 co
-1o'' "oin'' Us No''1"' y"
interest StO, elono MONTHS ZOO
Total SS26
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Inns SHOWS that IL COSTS FARMERS u
per cent, interest 10 deal with the fac
tor
The article closes with this STARTLING
nerora};o,
IN oDs Of Ti,!m,n,s sne,cbes be tells as 0.
Danse's Hell, over tie door OF which was IN.
scr:be3 these words Who enters here
npe ogI Snor tbn+ nsS leas ~ D.nt
Hell and the one through which the farmer
walks when he goes into cotton factors
o'tce ana nloriSs9es ms nome AZ! N of'.eI %
l:s,ss CEN Io'to9 80 :'t E, ':[TSr - h
trSI.-59 over ,,t the door Of the cotton factors
office see the words:
Who mortgages here leaves nope behind.
And further. as the door of Daute's He'll
closed upon. the poo. despa;r.ns sou; she
ont Ss:a eiS s'e' up Can ss' 0'''' '''- 81
So when tie farmer mortgages bis home,
to cotton factor. with lands depreci"tting
N Vasoe aua no s3a:. 20 % 1ne opPoLtshi.es a,
aol us ~, q" ON Ha.sf@ssns S". . - and issna;-
IS sure to be heard, : cant pay ou., can t
pay out.
Apropos OF this subject, the follow
;no c,;n,,ed from, the N,,rs md Co,ri-
-, ,o.3;,
:. WV - 10Ne n
Ii the aSlIa1on OF snls sooleG' sh'ii
cause a coIrecuon Oh lie e'lI COM
planned OF, Col. Nelson VIII nave aone
q service as well to the Charleston cot
ton factors as to the farmers G. the
State By originating the Investigations
he Is SAID to have caused. Inc 1aciA-
ers OF the State have, OF course, no m
terest whatever III the substantiation
or non-substantlatlon OF charges OF
fraud against any factor or factors,
and SO far as that question (quest:on
OF 1faud) IS concerned, no service
whatever has been rendered to the
farmers by the investigator recently
made by the Chamber OF Commerce.
We aavs never seen the letter OF Colo
nel Nelson rel.-.'ed TO- ont no such
question IS MADE IN the ahdaTi,S SUP
united Dy Co1. Nelson, as pnohsaeo IN
the proceedings OF the Chamber OF
Commerce. these aildaVlts refer on
ly to loss II weight IN cotton snlp.
ped. They do not say single word
about fraud on the part OF any lac
tor. Giving Col. Nelson credit 1or or,
dinary sense we faAe IL 1or granted
that ne mean! ny LIS alHaaSi's 10 sup
port the real charse maze oy hlm'
however unhapplly or unGuardedly
nls communication to the NrsrS ona
CoUrtsr may have been Woraea. " e
cannot, therefore, but TANK lie meant
to make the char9e lhat cotton sup
pea 70 CnatesCoh A"o .tou sonie
cause resulted N a loss OF weight to
the shipper, and that that loss under
the circumstances OF tie case, should
not have occurred. The Chamber OF
Commerce, however, passed over this
charge, or virtually dld so, II we IN
derstand the reporS OF It's committee
and directed Its attention TO the cues,
ton whether some OF ITS members had
committed a fraud, ana Wnether or
not they should be expelled.
As l have already sala, we respect
fully submit that the farmers have. no
interest whatever directly IN that
question. In fact, we are sorry that
Colonel Nelson's communication was
50 worded as to permit such a diver
sion from the real question; he must
have sought to raise the question, at
least, alone IN winch the farmers are
interested, to wit, the cause OF so
mach loss N the weight OF cotton